title: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I levels at diagnosis in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes.
abstract: High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were decreased in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes at diagnosis when matched with a control population for sex, age, obesity, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking. There was no association between serum HDL-cholesterol concentration and the percentage of glycosylated haemoglobin A1 (HbA1). Serum HDL-cholesterol levels were lower in diabetics over the whole range of serum triglyceride levels, and particularly in hyper-triglyceridaemic diabetics. Serum apolipoprotein A-I levels were not decreased in diabetics with normal serum triglyceride levels, so that the ratio of HDL-cholesterol to apolipoprotein A-I was significantly decreased in diabetics (p Less Than 0.005). Decreased HDL-cholesterol levels in non-insulin dependent diabetes could be relevant to the subsequent development of atherosclerosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol